Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes. 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pagina's |
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... whole , greatly to raise the character of Lord Clive . We are far in- deed from sympathizing with Sir John Malcolm , whose love passes the love of biographers , and who can see nothing but wisdom and justice in the actions of his idol ...
... whole , greatly to raise the character of Lord Clive . We are far in- deed from sympathizing with Sir John Malcolm , whose love passes the love of biographers , and who can see nothing but wisdom and justice in the actions of his idol ...
Pagina 11
... whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appea- rance of unity , majesty , and energy . But throughout the long reign of Aurungzebe , the state , notwithstanding all ...
... whole frame of society , this great monarchy , on the whole , retained , during some generations , an outward appea- rance of unity , majesty , and energy . But throughout the long reign of Aurungzebe , the state , notwithstanding all ...
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... whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary tract of European history , all feudal privileges , all modern ...
... whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary tract of European history , all feudal privileges , all modern ...
Pagina 17
... whole of southern India ; this was indeed an attractive pro- spect . He allied himself with the pretenders , and sent four hundred French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance ...
... whole of southern India ; this was indeed an attractive pro- spect . He allied himself with the pretenders , and sent four hundred French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance ...
Pagina 19
... whole peninsula of India . It was absolutely necessary to strike some daring blow . If an attack were made on Arcot , the capital of the Carnatic , and the favourite residence of the Nabobs , it was not impossible that 2 * LORD CLIVE . 19.
... whole peninsula of India . It was absolutely necessary to strike some daring blow . If an attack were made on Arcot , the capital of the Carnatic , and the favourite residence of the Nabobs , it was not impossible that 2 * LORD CLIVE . 19.
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